"So called 'dark patterns' are steering people to spend more than they would otherwise intend to - and manipulated up to a third of those buying through websites, [Consumer NZ] revealed in a report out today."
#RolandVanDenBergh, The Post, Nov 13, 2025
"Water filter jugs: Do they work?"
#BelindaCastles, 2018
https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/water-filter-jugs-should-you-buy-one
#JennyShipley's attempt to defend Max Bradford's 1990s electricity reforms boils down to...
'We did the work of replacing a publicly-owned, democratically-run electricity network with a competitive market between for-profit, companies. Now we've impoverished the public enough that you might finally make use of their freedom to switch to the cheapest one.
No thanks are necessary, it just felt good to do.'
https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/consume-this-podcast
#podcasts #ConsumeThis #ConsumerNZ #electricity #BradfordReforms
ConsumerNZ - A podcast is not a podcast if you don't provide an RSS feed for them!
"Foodstuffs, the operator of New World and Pak’n’Save, largely rejected Consumer’s concerns about its pricing practices."
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2304/S00094/so-called-supermarket-specials-uncovered.htm
Consumer NZ received over 300 examples of dodgy supermarket specials from eagle-eyed shoppers as part of its campaign to clean up supermarket pricing. Among the examples were: 78 ‘specials’ which, on closer inspection, were not an opportunity to save ...
“Woolworths also told us it has a clear and comprehensive refund policy. If a customer is charged more than the price on the shelf – the customer can ask for a full refund for the item – and keep it free of charge.”
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2304/S00094/so-called-supermarket-specials-uncovered.htm
Consumer NZ received over 300 examples of dodgy supermarket specials from eagle-eyed shoppers as part of its campaign to clean up supermarket pricing. Among the examples were: 78 ‘specials’ which, on closer inspection, were not an opportunity to save ...
@strypey
They got this bit right, for sure:
"The value of biometric data that drives such hunger among businesses and governments is also likely to make it a target of cybercrime, and the storage of our biometric data by a range of organisations could represent a significant threat to privacy. No business and no-one is immune from this threat."
No system is 100% secure. Not one.
#FacialRecognition #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Biometrics #ConsumerNZ
Consumer NZ on the rollout of FRT (Facial Recognition Technology in Foodstuffs supermarkets across Aotearoa:
https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/facial-recognition-at-29-foodstuffs-north-island-stores
#ConsumerNZ #FRT #FacialRecognitionTechnology #Foodstuffs #supermarkets #Aotearoa #NZ
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